Exodus 7:10:17Exod.7.10.W17PAT

וַיְהִ֥י

vayehi

and it became

Transliteration
va-ye-HI
Extended
vah-yeh-HEE
IPA
/vajəˈhiː/

Meaning by language

English
and it became
French
et il devint
Spanish
y llegó a ser
Portuguese
e tornou-se
German
und es wurde
Russian
и стало
Arabic-Simplified
وَصَارَ
Hindi
और वह बन गया
Chinese-Simplified
就成了
Korean
그리고 그것은 되었다
Indonesian
dan menjadi
Bengali
এবং তা হলো
Tagalog
at naging
Swahili
ikawa
Amharic
እና ሆነ
Yoruba
ó sì di
Igbo
ọ wee bụrụ
Twi
na ɛyɛɛ
Ewe
eye zu

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יְ + הִ֥י
va + ye + hi
vayehi

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ye-HI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-HI le-ta-NIN

  3. clause

    va-yash-LEKH a-ha-RON ET-ma-TE-hu lif-NEI par-OH ve-lif-NEI a-va-DAV va-ye-HI le-ta-NIN

  4. sentence

    va-ya-VO mo-SHE ve-a-ha-RON el-par-OH va-ya-a-SU KEN ka-a-SHER tsi-VA Ye-ho-VAH va-yash-LEKH a-ha-RON ET-ma-TE-hu lif-NEI par-OH ve-lif-NEI a-va-DAV va-ye-HI le-ta-NIN

In contextExodus 7:10

and came Moses and Aaron to Pharaoh and they did thus as he commanded LORD and threw Aaron his staff before Pharaoh and before his servants and it became into a serpent

About this coordinate

Exodus 7:10:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Exodus 7:10, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֥י (vayehi) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Exod.7.10.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.7.10.W17.S1) and character.